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The heart of music; the story of the violin, 1906
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1The Heart of Music
3improvement or progression beyond the crude Chaldean instruments, should be chosen by so many wise persons as the recognised parent stem of the whole violin family. This theory is most clearly presented by the following table compiled by Mr. Payne:
5LATIN FIDES: A STRING
6|
7| Diminutive
8| Fidicula
9|
10| Southern Group (Low Latin)
11| Fidiula or Fldiula (also Vitula, Vidula, Vidella, Figella, etc.)
12| |
13| Provençal Viola
14| Italian Viola
15| French Viole
16| English Viol
17| |
18| Diminutive Violino
19| Fr. Violon
20|
21| Northern Group (Old French) Fideille
22| Mediæval French Vielle (Viella)
23| Anglo-Saxon Fithele
24| Scottish Fithel
25| Mediæval English Fidel
26| Modern English Fiddle
27| High German Fiedel
28| Low German Vedel
29|
30| Augmentative Violone
31| |
32| Diminutive Violoncello
34Probably the most ignoble, but at the same time the most conspicuous era of the fidicula, was the reign of Nero. To that marvellous
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